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Johnson & Johnson Creates Center for Device Innovation at Texas Medical Center
Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JJI) is creating the Center for Device Innovation at Texas Medical Center (CDI @ TMC) in Houston. Designed by Gensler, the facility will feature a 26,000-sf makerspace for the development of advanced medical devices, from initial concept through to commercialization. The center is JJI’s second collaborative R&D project at the Texas Medical Center and is slated for occupancy in July of 2017.
Cleveland State University Breaks Ground on Engineering Expansion
Cleveland State University broke ground in October of 2016 on a $60 million expansion of the Washkewicz College of Engineering. Constructed by Gilbane Building Company as an addition to Fenn Hall, the four-story, 100,000-sf building will feature a makerspace with 3D printing equipment and computer-aided design stations as well as traditional manufacturing tools.
University of Kentucky Develops Science Teaching & Research Facilities
The University of Kentucky dedicated the $112 million Jacobs Science Building in October of 2016. Designed by Payette and JRA Architects, the flexible 240,000-sf facility features technology-enabled active learning (TEAL) classrooms, collaborative teaching labs, advanced instrumentation suites, lecture halls, and outdoor classrooms. The sustainably designed project was built by Messer Construction.
Central Washington University Opens Science II Building
Central Washington University opened the $64 million Science II facility in October of 2016 in Ellensburg, Wash. Housing the departments of geological sciences and physics as well as programs in math and astronomy, the five-story, 120,000-sf building features an 80-seat lecture hall and planetarium, an observatory tower, optics and laser labs, an ice core lab, a scanning electron microscopy suite, and an acoustic lab with an anechoic chamber.
ImmuCell Breaks Ground on Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility
ImmuCell broke ground in October of 2016 on a $20 million pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Portland, Maine. The two-story, 16,800-sf facility will provide fermentation, processing, laboratory, and warehouse space for the production of Nisin, the active ingredient in one of ImmuCell's leading animal health products. Stantec is providing architectural and engineering services for the project, which is being built by Consigli Construction. Completion is expected in late 2017 with manufacturing operations commencing in early 2018.